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Old 04-22-2008, 01:58 PM
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Default Re: Help with small aluminum finishing

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Originally Posted by jrow View Post
KellyB,

I see a nick at the bottom of the "X" and a scratch to the left of the "X".
In order to get these out your going to have to sand them out. If the plates are flat then the metal you remove will leave a flat spot where you take the scratch and the nick out. So that means that you are going to have to sand the whole plate evenly. Depending on the depth of the scratch that may remove some of the lettering on the plate. If the plate is convex then that creates another problem as to what mechanical means can be used to get the scratches out without ending up with a bunch of flat spots.
Do you have the equipment to do this, if not how much money have you budgeted, to invest in equipment, to remove the scratches?

John
The nick at the bottom of the X is deeper than the scratch, and to be quite honest, I could live with the nick, its the scratch I am not really happy with. They are not deep at all, I would say less than 1 mm. I have not budgeted anything to do a job like this, as I mentioned, if I can do inexpensively, great, I will give it a go, if I cannot, I will simply live with it. I have access to machines to buff and sand, it would be the costs of the materials to complete I would need.

Thanks for the input,

Cheers.
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